S.Amdt. 3511

SA 3511. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Whitehouse)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399
proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for
the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert
the following:
Sec. 1__. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall
submit to Congress a report on the need for repair or
replacement of bridges on public roads (including Tribal
roads) that--
(1) have been rated as ``poor'' in the National Bridge
Inventory pursuant to section 144 of title 23, United States
Code;
(2) have features that do not meet applicable engineering
standards for the present use of the bridges, if the entity
with responsibility for repair or replacement of the
applicable bridge, in responding to the Secretary under
subsection (b), states that the bridge is prioritized for
repair or replacement; or
(3) have structural elements the failure of which would
cause the bridge or a portion of the bridge to collapse, if
the entity with responsibility for repair or replacement of
the applicable bridge, in responding to the Secretary under
subsection (b), states that the bridge is prioritized for
repair or replacement.
(b) In preparing the report under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall solicit from State departments of
transportation and other entities with responsibility for the
repair or replacement of bridges described in subsection (a)
information on the readiness of those projects to commence
construction and the cost of the project if Federal grant
assistance was available to pay not less than 50 percent of
the project costs eligible for assistance under title 23,
United States Code, not including the proceeds from credit
assistance under the TIFIA program (as defined in section
601(a) of that title).
(c) In preparing the report under subsection (a), a bridge
shall be included only if the entity with responsibility for
repair or replacement of the applicable bridge--
(1) responds to the solicitation made by the Secretary
under subsection (b);
(2) identifies each bridge project or category of smaller
bridge projects, consistent with subsection (d), that the
entity requests to include in the report; and
(3) provides to the Secretary information necessary to
complete the report, as described by the Secretary in the
solicitation under subsection (b).
(d) In the report under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall--
(1) identify--
(A) each bridge project with total eligible project costs
greater than $10,000,000; and
(B) categories of smaller bridge projects identified by
responsible entities for other bridge projects;
(2) collect from entities with responsibility for repair or
replacement of an applicable bridge--
(A) the timing and budget for each bridge project or
category of smaller bridge projects as reported in the
applicable transportation plans under sections 134 or 135 of
title 23, United States Code; or
(B) an explanation from those entities as to why such
projects or categories of smaller bridge projects are not
included in those applicable transportation plans; and
(3) distinguish between urban and rural bridge projects and
categories of smaller bridge projects identified by
responsible entities.
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